Line #39 Creator/GaryWaldhorn


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3	Gary Peter Waldhorn, (3 July 1943 -- 10 January 2022), was a British actor best known for playing David Horton in ''Series/TheVicarOfDibley''.
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5	After graduating from the Yale School of Drama in 1967, where he performed in the new works written by Lillian Hellman. He went on to work in many West End theatre productions and collaborated with the Creator/RoyalShakespeareCompany.
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7	Waldhorn began appearing on TV in The70s, going on to make small appearances in ''Series/TheBill'', ''Series/BridesheadRevisited'', ''Series/{{Gallowglass}}'', ''Series/{{Heartbeat}}'', ''Series/{{Lovejoy}}'', ''Series/{{Minder}}'', ''Series/TheNewAvengers'', ''Series/TheProfessionals'', ''Series/RobinOfSherwood'', ''Series/RumpoleOfTheBailey'', ''Softly, Softly'', ''Series/Space1999'', and ''Series/TheSweeney''.
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9	He also played Lionel Bainbridge in ''Brush Strokes'' for the first three series. When Waldhorn left the series, [[ActorLeavesCharacterDies Lionel was killed off]]. In 1994, he was cast in the role he was best known for - the snobbish [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold David Horton]] in ''The Vicar of Dibley'' - and appeared in every episode.
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11	He died at the age of 78.
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14	!!Works on TV Tropes he appeared in:
15	[[AC:Films]]
16	* ''Film/{{Zeppelin}}'' (1971) -- Harlich
17	* ''Film/EscapeToVictory'' (1981) -- Mueller
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19	* ''[[Series/DoctorInTheHouse Doctor on the Go]]'', episode "It's Just the Job" (1975) -- Mike Sherman
20	* ''[[Series/WhodunnitUK Whodunnit?]]'', episode "Final Drive" (1975) -- Sergeant Channing
21	* ''Series/TheSweeney'', episode "Hit and Run" (1975) -- Alan Fowler
22	* ''Series/Space1999'', episode "The Infernal Machine" (1976) -- Winters
23	* ''Series/TheNewAvengers'', episode "The Tale of the Big Why" (1976) -- Roach
24	* ''Series/EnemyAtTheDoor'', 2 episodes[[labelnote:show list]]"Steel Hand from the Sea", "Post Mortem"[[/labelnote]] (1978-80) -- Teddy Lupus
25	* ''Series/TheProfessionals'', episode "Everest Was Also Conquered" (1978) -- Turner
26	* ''Series/ReturnOfTheSaint'', episode "The Poppy Chain" (1978) -- Rickman
27	* ''Series/HammerHouseOfHorror'', episode "Carpathian Eagle" (1980) -- Bacharach
28	* ''Series/BridesheadRevisited'', episode "Et in Arcadia Ego" (1981) -- Major Wilson
29	* ''Series/{{Minder}}'', episode "The Son Also Rises" (1982) -- Alex Rowan
30	* ''Series/RobinOfSherwood'', episode "The King's Fool" (1984) -- Hubert Walter
31	* ''Series/ScreenTwo'', 2 episodes:
32	** "Shergar" (1986) -- Deferre
33	** "After Pilkington" (1987) -- Boris
34	* ''{{Series/ScreenPlay\|BBC}}'', episode "Chinese Whispers" (1989) -- Dr. Buckman
35	* ''Series/TheChief'', 4 episodes (1991) -- Councillor Alec Radcliffe
36	* ''Series/RumpoleOfTheBailey'', episode "Rumpole and the Quacks" (1991) -- Dr. Cogger
37	* ''Series/{{Gallowglass}}'', 3 episodes (1993) -- Ralph Apsoland
38	* ''Series/{{Lovejoy}}'', 3 episodes[[labelnote:show list]]"Three Men and a Brittle Lady", "Swings and Roundabouts", "Breaking the Broker"[[/labelnote]] (1993-94) -- Detective Sergeant Bob Pulver
39	* ''Series/TheVicarOfDibley'', 20 episodes (1994-2007) -- Councillor David Horton
40	* ''Series/FrenchAndSaunders'', 2 episodes:
41	** "The Quick and the Dead" (1996) -- Gary
42	** "The Making of Titanic" (1998) -- Bruce Ismay
43	* ''Series/{{Heartbeat}}'', episode "A Long Shot" (1996) -- Joss Harrop
44	* ''Series/TheBill'', episode "Hard Cash" (1998) -- Kenny Roberts
45	* ''Series/{{Longitude}}'', 2 episodes (2000) -- Commodore Forrest
46	* ''Series/HotelBabylon'', 1 episode (2008) -- Donald Stern

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